FLINT: ONE CITY - ONE HUNDRED YEARS UNDER VARIABILITY

这场名为《弗林特：一个城市--百年变化无常》的会议定于2014年6月24-28日在密歇根州弗林特的凯特琳大学举行。该项目的主要目标之一是将具有统计建模、教育和应用专业知识的预测统计领域的专家聚集在一起。特别强调的是对历史数据的统计。通过这次活动，主办方打算庆祝国际统计年和美国统计协会成立175周年。工程和应用科学的从业者现在广泛使用统计方法来解决与地方和联邦政府、医疗服务、保险、精算师和公共媒体打交道的现实情况中出现的问题。虽然统计方法的大多数理论方面和应用范围已经确定，但这次会议的组织者计划将最活跃和最优秀的研究人员、教育工作者和实践者聚集在一个共同的环境中。主办方希望学生、教师和实践统计学家等参与者能够带着他们的经验提升自己的职业生涯，并在日常活动中推广统计数据的使用，造福社会。

The proposed conference titled "Flint: One City - One Hundred Years Under Variability" is scheduled to be held at Kettering University, Flint, Michigan, June 24-28, 2014. One of the main goals of the project is to bring together experts in the fields of predictive statistics with expertise in statistical modeling, education, and applications. A specific emphasis is on statistics of historical data. Through this event, the organizers intend to celebrate the International Year of Statistics and the 175th anniversary of the American Statistical Association. The practitioners in engineering and applied sciences are now extensively using statistical methods to solve problems arising in real-life situations dealing with local and federal governments, medical services, insurance, actuaries and public media. While most theoretical aspects and the range of applications of statistical methods have been well established, the organizers of this conference plan to bring together the most active and best researchers, educators, and practitioners to a common setting. The organizers hope that the participants such as students, teachers, and practicing statisticians will take back their experience to enhance their careers as well as to promote the use of statistics in day-to-day activities to benefit society.